Solutions by Review App

We've got you covered start to finish

Whether you're looking to build a complete web site or simply add to your current web presence, Review App has a solution to fit your needs. We'll get you up and running with a custom Review App installation on your server or ours - usually in just days for a basic implementation. For industry professionals seeking user generated content management system software we offer licensed copies of the Review App framework. In addition, we also offer these services:

• Initial set-up and layout of your Review App web site
• Marketing strategy consultation services: traffic generation, link strategy, and branding
• Custom Review App module creation and integration
• Content acquisition strategy and execution

Choose the revenue model that works for you

Ad-supported

An ad-supported web site gives content away for free and sells ad spots to advertisers on a cost-per-click or cost-per-impression basis. This is the most common site monetization strategy in use today.

Pay-to-post

Certain sites like eBay charge users to post content online in a pay-to-post model. Niche marketplace sites are popping up everywhere charging users to post everything from job listings to classified ads to vacation rental properties.

Subscription-based

Subscription-based web sites make their content available to paid subscribers. With Review App you can restrict all your content or just certain pieces depending on your business model.

E-commerce

If you have items for sale, Review App can be configured as a simple shopping cart using your PayPal account.

Review App software features

Here are just some of the features included in the basic Review App software we use for projects like yours:

Basics

• License includes initial installation, configuration, template creation, and customization allowance
• Accepts user generated content of all types: listings, reviews, photos, and more
• RSS feed with links to latest approved online submissions (listings, photos, and reviews)
• Dynamically generated meta descriptions, page titles, and keywords
• Highly flexible and robust template system with access to raw data output
• Customizable system messages and email templates
• SEO-friendly URLs enabled at the click of a button and customized by section
• Business rules honed over 10 years of managing successful consumer review sites
• Built using open source technologies: PHP, MySQL, XHTML

Admin Interface

• Professionally designed, user-friendly admin interface
• Edit, hide, and delete listings, reviews, photos, etc.
• Ability to preview user generated content input form forms
• Pending item queue for easy admin approval
• Unlimited and fully customizable listing data fields
• Optional admin email updates sent upon new content submission
• Section-level listing, review, and photo permissions settings

Custom Data Fields

• Hide input and output for any field for additional customization
• Automatic collection of time stamp and user id for all reviews, listings, and photos
• Support for data field types including: zip codes, links, select menus, dates, and more
• Zip code data field type hooks into built-in proximity lookup function

Category Management

• CSV category and field option add/update support
• Pre-built categories and field choices for geographic listing organization
• Unlimited categories and subcategories within each section

Category Appearance

• 3 category layouts to choose from: icon, list, and paragraph
• Customizable default images for section category view
• One-click activation of section field filters for refining data results
• Ability to sort listings by any field within category data view
• Ability to make any field within category data view link to listings
• Ability to reorder columns in category data view

Listings

• CSV support for adding/updating multiple listings
• Unlimited listing sections, each with unique data field tracking
• Unlimited number of customizable user lists based on section listings
• Optional listing tags feature allows users to add custom tags to individual listings
• Ability to create custom listing pages for each section based on individual template files

Reviews

• Customize permissions, required fields, and notifications and update at any time
• Temporarily suspend review collection or display by section
• Ability to edit / delete individual reviews
• Review ratings automatically averaged and displayed on listing and category pages
• Review helpfulness feedback via simple Ajax
• Infinite number of collection fields
• Option to allow users to edit their own reviews

Photos

• Customize permissions and notifications and update at any time
• Temporarily suspend photo collection or display by section
• Ability to edit / delete individual photos
• Unlimited number of photos can be collected for each listing
• Photos are automatically resized to appropriate web and thumbnail sizes

Users

• Automated user account management including lost password retrieval and new account creation
• Automatic user profile generation with links to submissions (listings, reviews, photos, lists, etc.)
• Robust user management with 4 permission levels
• Customizable user data collection fields (example: city, state, gender, etc.)
• Default user background information collection: date joined and last login
• Secure user password storage and email notifications

Add-ons

• Robust Ad Server module rotates ads based on weights and tracks stats
• Calendar module adds a customizable event calendar that can be linked to listings